Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Trollius acaulis Lindl. |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 28(Misc.): 56 (1842) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | leaves 5-7-lobate, lobes remotely dentate, flowers solitary, nearly flat, 5cm across, sepals 5-10, petals shorter than stamens |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | dark yellow |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |